Next-Auth Tutorial: Basic Functionality

This tutorial covers the basics of integrating next-auth for authentication in your Next.js application, specifically using OAuth and credentials.

Introduction

With next-auth, there are various ways to secure your app. When a user signs in, they are redirected to the provider's site and subsequently redirected back to your app. The provider then sends a token to your app, which is used to authenticate the user.

Components Overview

1. Client Component: Observe how the client component is secured and compare it to the server component.
2. /extra Page: This page is secured using the middleware.ts file.
3. AuthProvider Component: Found in the /context folder, this component is another method to require authentication for a page.

These methods showcase different ways to require authentication for a page, and all of them will likely be needed at some point in your application's lifecycle.

Configuration

For a more in-depth look at the available options, refer to the api/auth/[...nextauth]/options and route.ts files. Integrating next-auth automatically creates a /api/auth/signin route for you. However, you can configure a custom route if needed.

Important Notes

• In the options configuration, the user is hard-coded for this tutorial. In a real-world application, you'd typically use a database to store and retrieve user data.
• For more comprehensive details and advanced configurations, please refer to the official next-auth documentation.
• Remember, there are also callback functions that can be utilized to handle various pass/fail circumstances during the authentication process.

Important

• you need this .env.local in the root. Look up how to generate these NEXTAUTH_SECRET=... GITHUB_ID=... GITHUB_SECRET=...